傻瓜相机 (shǎ guā xiàng jī) — point-and-shoot camera, fully automatic camera | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A compact, fully automatic camera called a 'fool's camera' because it needs no manual settings — just point and shoot. The measure word is 台.

noun

point-and-shoot camerafully automatic camera

Measure word · 台

Examples

傻瓜相机，。
Wǒ xiǎo shí hou jiā lǐ yǒu yì tái shǎ guā xiàng jī, pāi zhào tè bié fāng biàn.
When I was little, my family had a point-and-shoot camera — it was really convenient for taking photos.
傻瓜相机，。
Xiàn zài hěn shǎo yǒu rén yòng shǎ guā xiàng jī le, dà jiā dōu yòng shǒu jī pāi zhào.
Nowadays few people use point-and-shoot cameras; everyone takes photos with their phones.
傻瓜相机，。
Zhè zhǒng shǎ guā xiàng jī cāo zuò jiǎn dān, shì hé chū xué zhě shǐ yòng.
This kind of point-and-shoot camera is simple to operate and suitable for beginners.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

傻瓜idiot

傻shǎfoolish瓜guāfool

偏正Modifier + head

相机camera

相xiāngphotography机jīmachine

偏正Modifier + head

傻瓜 means idiot and 相机 means camera, so the word names a fully automatic camera.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 瓜 is drawn from a melon hanging from its vines, which matches its meaning.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

木目相

木木mùtree
目目mùeye

In 相, 目 is an eye and 木 is a tree, showing an eye looking at a tree; this originally meant “to observe.”

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ机jī

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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